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Solutions Architect's Handbook

You're reading from   Solutions Architect's Handbook Kick-start your solutions architect career by learning architecture design principles and strategies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838645649
Length 490 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Neelanjali Srivastav Neelanjali Srivastav
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Saurabh Shrivastava Saurabh Shrivastava
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Meaning of Solution Architecture 2. Solution Architects in an Organization FREE CHAPTER 3. Attributes of the Solution Architecture 4. Principles of Solution Architecture Design 5. Cloud Migration and Hybrid Cloud Architecture Design 6. Solution Architecture Design Patterns 7. Performance Considerations 8. Security Considerations 9. Architectural Reliability Considerations 10. Operational Excellence Considerations 11. Cost Considerations 12. DevOps and Solution Architecture Framework 13. Data Engineering and Machine Learning 14. Architecting Legacy Systems 15. Solution Architecture Document 16. Learning Soft Skills to Become a Better Solution Architect 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Redis and Memcached are two popular caching engines used in application design. Often, the Redis cache engine is required for more complex application caching needs such as creating a leader board for a game. However, Memcached is more high-performing and is helpful for handling heavy application loads. Each caching engine has its own pros and cons. Let's take a look at the major differences between them, which will help you to make a decision of which to use:

Memcached

Redis

Offers multithreading

Single-threaded

Able to use more CPU core for faster processing

Unable to utilize multi-core processor, which results in comparatively slow performance

Supports key-value style data

Supports complex and advanced data structures

Lacks data persistence; loses the data stored in cache memory in the event of a crash

Data can persist using built-in read replicas with failover

Easy maintenance

More complexity involved owing to the need...

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